New Headquarters for National Border Police in Niger (English)

Due to its large territory neighboring seven countries with over 5600 km of land borders—and being part of the free movement zone of the West African ECOWAS region—border management challenges are significant. The country is exposed to various security threats, such as violent extremist terrorism, cross-border crime, trafficking and smuggling, some spilling over from neighboring countries. With that in mind, on September 15, the new National Police headquarters for the Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DST) Niger was inaugurated, built under the supervision of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The ceremony marks the end of the three-year project “Haske DST”, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the U.S. Government, with almost USD three million.